My name is Dash

I was like a skeleton. Malnourished and neglected and heartbroken. My eyes too were weak with fatigue and the long wait. I was a husky. I was lovable and beautiful. Around eleven summers ago, I was separated from my blood mom and stepped into my new home when I was very small.

I was shy and scared. But soon my new mom loved me and I started loving her back. I used to sip milk. I ate boiled eggs. Some fruits and loved chicken legs. I would love to sit in the lap of my new mom. Sometimes I licked her hands and she cuddled and kissed my head and ears.

Soon I grew up and became big and strong. When I was around five. Suddenly my mother left. She left for the heavenly abode. For months I could not sleep properly.

I could not eat. I missed her sorely.  Then within a year, a second tragedy befell. My home town was struck by war.  I heard that the city would be evacuated. I did not understand then. But after a few months, the devastation of war grew.  Sally and the rest of my family fled to safety leaving me behind. Maybe everything happened so suddenly that they could not take me along. I became a homeless stray and I kept wandering for food and little love in my war-torn, town. I was lost and sad and hungry. Soon my beauty started fading. I became thin and gloomy.

Then a miracle happened. I was discovered by a small boy and his mother. They took me to a vet doctor. I heard him say that my condition was very bad and I will not be able to survive for long. But my new mom to be insisted that she wanted to save me. They gave me a warm scrub bath.

I was given some bread and milk. They covered me with a towel. She petted me lovingly. I responded very feebly. Soon after some medications, I was taken to my home. I felt a little better. I was given water and food and toys and a soft bed.

In a few weeks, I started showing improvement. I started making friends too. With three kittens and two big ducks. My mom looked after me and loved me. In a couple of months, I became beautiful and spoiled again. I would run and run. I would eat and sleep and eat again. The doctor was amazed by my transformation. I was extremely happy and healthy and felt much better now.